The Scot’s historic Wimbledon win means he now holds three of the five biggest prizes in tennis.

The British No.1 won the Olympics and US Open last year, reached the Australian Open final in January – and beat world No.1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets to end this country’s long Wimbledon jinx.

Murray immediately set his sights on winning more Grand Slams, starting with his defence of the US Open title next month.

And asked how ­important it was to reach the top of rankings, his coach Lendl replied: “To me that was always a by-product. If somebody has two Majors and an Olympic gold medal, and everybody else has only one major...

“Novak is a great player, don’t get me wrong. He has had a phenomenal time since the start of 2011, and so the rankings look at all of that. But under pressure right now, Andy has two Majors and a gold medal. Everybody can make their own opinion on that.”

Murray closed the gap on Djokovic in terms of ranking points with his second Grand Slam, but missing the French Open through injury cost him.

“It is a tough one for me,” said the Scot. “Right now I have won two Slams, got to the final of a third one and I hold the Olympic gold – and I am nowhere near being No.1.

“I don’t know exactly why that is. Maybe I need to be more consistent in the other events. And missing the French obviously didn’t help.

“But my goal is to try to win more Grand Slams. I don’t think the ranking systems always reflects a player’s qualities perfectly.

“You are more remembered for the Slams you win. I would rather win one more Slam and not get to World No.1.”